NUTS-3 NL114 · Netherlands
Oost-Groningen
Export region data (CSV)Oost-Groningen generates €4.9bn of GDP across 139.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 50.4/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +1.9%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 5.9pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (88th EU percentile) and weakest for health (31.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
50.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth46.2
Livability59.3
Market access67
Economic scale29
Equal-weighted mean of four EU-percentile pillars (deliberately orthogonal: growth=trend, livability=quality, market=distance-weighted demand proxy, scale=absolute GDP). Experimental — a screening triage, not investment advice.
Resilience Index · downside / risk lens (experimental)
52.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability2
Labour stability51
Diversification79
Demographic stability78
Inverse of GDP-growth & unemployment volatility (since 2008, incl. 2009/2020 shocks), economic diversification (inverse HHI) and population stability — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher withstands downturns better. Experimental.
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
67
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density59
Airport access75
Market access67
Public-transport stop density, proximity to a major airport, and gravity access to surrounding economic mass — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = better-connected. Experimental.
Talent & Human Capital Index · skills base (experimental)
91.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary96
Lifelong learning95
Knowledge workers89
Scientists & engineers86
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
59.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy43.5
Jobs56.5
Education88
Health31.5
Safety59
Connectivity77.5
Environment—
Equal-weighted percentile across 6 pillars vs all EU NUTS-3; lower-is-better indicators (crime, unemployment, mortality) inverted. Experimental — regional screening only.
Growth momentum · trend analytics
46.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+1.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+1.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-4.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.6%
CAGR
Employment rate
+5.9 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.7 pp
5-yr change
Compound annual growth to the latest available year vs all EU NUTS-3; GDP is nominal EUR (“vs country avg” removes most national inflation). Screening signal, not a forecast.
Economic structure · gross value added by sector
Dominant: Public · health · education · 30.4%Diversified · HHI 2082
Agriculture 5%Industry 22.1%Construction 6.8%Trade · transport · ICT 15.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 18.8%Public · health · education 30.4%
Share of total GVA (latest year). HHI = sum of squared sector shares ×10,000; higher means a more concentrated, single-sector-dependent economy (more cyclicality risk).
All indicators · 61 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,358M
2024 · EU pctl 29
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€216M
2023 · EU pctl 62
GVA — industry (B–E)
€962M
2023 · EU pctl 30
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€635M
2023 · EU pctl 27
GVA — construction (F)
€297M
2023 · EU pctl 32
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€685M
2023 · EU pctl 24
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€24,100
2023 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
30,200 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 39
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€35,200
2024 · EU pctl 51
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€6,193M
2023 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€504M
2023 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€14,058M
2023 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€353M
2023 · EU pctl 24
GVA — information & communication (J)
€73M
2023 · EU pctl 36
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€820M
2023 · EU pctl 27
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,324M
2023 · EU pctl 44
Labour market
Employment, total persons
59,000
2024 · EU pctl 22
Self-employed persons
11,400
2023 · EU pctl 40
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,700
2023 · EU pctl 14
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
83.1%
2025 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
9.7%
2025 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
11,850
2023 · EU pctl 45
Enterprise births
946
2023 · EU pctl 42
Enterprise deaths
594
2023 · EU pctl 32
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.1%
2023 · EU pctl 88
Innovation & R&D
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.3%
2025 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
45.0%
2025 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
60.3%
2025 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
26.8%
2025 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
31.2%
2025 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
11.7%
2025 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
99.5%
2025 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
565,236
2024 · EU pctl 35
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
507 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
686
CURRENT · EU pctl 42
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
493
CURRENT · EU pctl 59
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
31
CURRENT · EU pctl 25
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
84,125
2025 · EU pctl 24
Population aged 65+
36,050
2025 · EU pctl 30
Population aged under 15
19,016
2025 · EU pctl 26
Median age of population
48.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 74
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
42.9%
2025 · EU pctl 79
Crude rate of total population change
9.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
14.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Crude birth rate
7.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Crude death rate
13.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Live births
1,062
2024 · EU pctl 27
Deaths
1,837
2024 · EU pctl 29
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
65.5%
2025 · EU pctl 82
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.53
2024 · EU pctl 77
Population density (persons per km²)
186 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 62
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
22.4%
2025 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
80.7 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,078 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
264 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
40 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
7 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 4
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 17
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
39 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 29
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 3
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